The programs provide for public involvement in highway beautification activities. Under ADOPT a HIGHWAY, business groups and non-profit community organizations would be allowed to adopt a section of highway. The group is then responsible for litter pick up. Other beautification activities, such as the planting of flowers or shrubs appropriate to the surrounding landscape, can be accomplished under the ADOPT A SPOT programs. The Department of Transportation will recognize the groups' efforts by erecting a sign, pictured, together with the group's name, along the adopted section of highway.

This program demonstrates another example of partnership that exists between state government and its constituents. The Connecticut Department of Transportation welcomes the participation of volunteers in this continuing effort to keep the  roadsides of our state attractive and clean. Interested groups, together with their respective towns, are encouraged to join the ADOPT A HIGHWAY, RAMP, or SPOT program.